handwringingly

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adverb

In a handwringing manner.

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Meanings

adverbhandwringingly (comparative more handwringingly, superlative most handwringingly)

comparative more handwringingly · superlative most handwringingly · alternative hand-wringingly

  1. In a handwringing manner.

    J. M. Ludlow, a contemporary of Dickens, is handwringingly anxious about the possibility of good society's de-evolution in the face of a working-class “flood”: […]

    2010, Lara Baker Whelan, Class, Culture and Suburban Anxieties in the Victorian Era, Routledge, →ISBN

Origin

From handwringing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

handwringingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handwringingly

MLA

“handwringingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handwringingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handwringingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handwringingly.

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